books about: correctional     books:       Correctional Counseling & Rehabilitation Patricia Van Voorhis, Michael Braswell, ... Anderson Publishing Company (OH), 1999             Correctional Administration: Integrating Theory and Practice Richard P. Seiter Prentice Hall, 2001             Correctional Contexts: Contemporary and Classical Readings Edward J. Latessa, Alexander M. Holsinger Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Combining classical and contemporary articles on corrections, this acclaimed anthology traces the history and origins of corrections and punishment in the United States while also examining current issues and trends in the field. Introductions frame each section and article in the book, guiding students through each set of readings. Key issues and concepts are clearly defined, and insightful discussion questions accompany each article. A ...             Key Correctional Issues Roslyn Muraskin Prentice Hall, 2004             Correctional Perspectives: Views from Academics, Practitioners, and Prisoners1 review Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Paul F. Cromwell Roxbury Park, 2001 Various perspectives are helpful All too often, books are written from one perspective, and it is rare that you find a book that contains three different viewpoints on the same topics--from prisoners and ex-prisoners, people who work in the correctional field, and academic experts. The editors have also chosen works by and about both male and female prisoners. This book is meant to be used mainly for higher education purposes, ...             Correctional Leadership: A Cultural Perspective1 review Stan Stojkovic, Mary Ann Farkas Wadsworth Publishing, 2002 Correctional Leadership: A Cultural Perspective This was the text assigned for a Masters level course (Contemporary Corrections). The authors are quite repetitive throughout the book. Great pains are given to describing what organizational culture IS and what it consists of; however, it does not go into great detail with the "how." The authors heavily emphasize the use of a mission statement, goals, and vision, perhaps overly so. The book ...             Correctional Mental Health Handbook2 reviews Sage Publications, Inc, 2002 A Great Book for Students or Correctional Professionals I have worked as a psychologist in the field of corrections for more than 26 years and this is the first book I have seen that covers all of the issues related to this topic. As a reference book for practicing clinicians or correctional administrators, it provides guidance for developing treatment or policy initiatives. Perhaps more important, as a text book for mental health professionals ...             Correctional Law for the Correctional Officer2 reviews William C. Collins American Correctional Association, 2003 Correctional Law A little book for the price, but filled with essential information for the CO, or any person working in the correctional environment. Easily readable with short quizzes at the end of each chapter. Gives a good review of the rights of prisoners and points of law. All the answers are in the back of the book. Many of the questions are found on the ACA certification tests.             Dog in Blue: A Correctional Officer's Rambling's4 reviews R. Todd Fredrickson Xlibris Corporation, 2001 Easy read & very informational... This is a great book for those who know of people in the Correctional field, want to go into that field or are just curious. It helps us who are not in the jails realize some of the stuff that goes on and all the junk CO's have to deal with.             Effective Teaching in Correctional Settings: Prisons, Jails, Juvenile Centers, and Alternative Schools Robert G. Thomas, R. Murray Thomas Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 2008             A Handbook for Correctional Psychologists: Guidance for the Prison Practitioner2 reviews Kevin M., Ph.D. Correia C.C. Thomas, 2001 Good for everyone interested in penitentiary psychology Great book for those interested in penitentiary psychology. Many psychology graduates have no idea what a psychologist in a prison does. The author gives his first had account of his experience as a prison psychologist, discusses many myths and misconceptions about this type of work. Interesting and informative, especially in the context of scarcity of books on the subject.             Private vs. Public Operation of Juvenile Correctional Facilities (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship) ... Gaylene Styve Armstrong LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2001 Armstrong studies the environmental quality of confinement in private and public juvenile correctional facilities using data from 48 facilities, representing 4,590 delinquents, 1,362 staff, and 48 administrators in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Her results demonstrate that neither staff nor juvenile delinquents perceived the environmental quality to be significantly different between private and public facilities. ...             Standards for Health Services in Correctional Institutions (Third Edition) APHA Task Force on Correctional Health Care Standards American Public Health Association, 2003 The long-awaited, much-anticipated third edition of Standards for Health Services in Correctional Institutions is now available. The third edition of this book defines the scope of services that are necessary to provide adequate care, basing these standards upon principles of public health and constitutional standards developed through litigation. Previous editions of this book have been extraordinarily influential in this field. The book ...             Correctional Counseling: A Cognitive Growth Perspective Key Sun Jones & Bartlett Pub, 2007 Correctional Counseling: A Cognitive Growth Perspective shows students how to address a correctional client s needs during imprisonment and how to prepare clients for release into the community. Using the cognitive growth model to examine the major issues in correctional counseling, this text covers the counselor roles, work settings and challenges, offender classification and assessment, counseling processes, and intervention/therapeutic ...             Correctional Counseling and Treatment Albert R. Roberts Prentice Hall, 2007             Clinical Practice in Correctional Medicine1 review Michael Puisis Mosby, 2006 The "Bible" of Correctional Medicine This is a superb textbook for a relative new specialty of correctional medicine. Working in jails and prisons has been a backwater for health care, attracting only physicians unable to work elsewhere. Now correctional medicine is taking on an interesting career path, and these authors, the experts in this young field, come together to create an impressive text.              search for books academics, administration, alternative, classical, clinical, cognitive, contemporary, correctional, counseling, criminal, effective, facilities, guidance, institutions, integrating, juvenile, leadership, medicine, operation, perspective, perspectives, practitioner, practitioners, prisoners, psychologists, rehabilitation, scholarship, services, standards, treatment books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Ebonics: The Urban Education Debate (New Perspectives on Language and ... we recommend A Great Book for Students or Correctional Professionals home  impressum - about us